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Michael B. Cubell has joined the corporate practice of King & Spalding as a counsel in the New York office. He is the seventh lawyer in the past 12 months King & Spalding has recruited in this office for its corporate and financial institutions practices. He joins King & Spalding from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

The American College of Trial Lawyers, the exclusive 65-year-old organization that recognizes only a handful of litigators for masterful advocacy, ethical conduct, professionalism and civility, has admitted Michael P. Kelly, chairman of McCarter & English, to its ranks of 2015 inductees.

Akin Gump, on February 20, achieved a successful decision for its client Freeman, the leading global partner for integrated experiential marketing solutions for live engagements, in an appellate case that followed a Maryland district court’s 2013 dismissal of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hiring discrimination lawsuit involving...

Akin Gump has announced that David S. Phelps has joined the firm as a partner in its firmwide real estate practice, resident in Los Angeles. Mr. Phelps, who has nearly three decades of industry experience, primarily represents private equity funds, capital market clients and other institutional investors in the acquisition, development, financing and...

Dykema is proud to announce that Sherrie Farrell has been recognized by The Michigan Chronicle as a 2015 Woman of Excellence. Ms. Farrell was selected from near hundreds of nominees to join this exclusive group of 350 of Southeast Michigan’s most-influential women.

Fish & Richardson announced today that Michelle Lee has joined the firm as its first OnRamp Fellow, located in the New York office. Fish is one of 15 top law firms participating in the OnRamp Fellowship pilot program, which offers one-year, paid fellowships to women lawyers re-entering the legal profession.

Fish & Richardson announced today that Michelle Lee has joined the firm as its first OnRamp Fellow, located in the New York office. Fish is one of 15 top law firms participating in the OnRamp Fellowship pilot program, which offers one-year, paid fellowships to women lawyers re-entering the legal profession.

Gibbons P.C. has announced William J. Castner, Jr., will serve as the new leader of its Government Affairs Department. In addition, the firm has added four new lawyer-lobbyists to join the existing members of the department.

Weil is representing Staples on antitrust and corporate and shareholder matters in connection with its $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust regulatory approval and Office Depot shareholder approval, and is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2015.

A Weil team led by New York partners Morgan Bale, Frank Adams and Raymond Gietz advised Morgan Stanley in providing $3.4 billion of fully committed bridge financing to Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries, for its $4.75 billion...

Akin Gump has expanded its trade and disputes offerings in Asia with the relocation of international trade partner Tatman R. Savio from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office to Hong Kong and the arrival in Hong Kong of litigation senior consultant Vena Cheng from Morrison & Foerster.
Their arrival enhances Akin Gump’s investigations and...

David E. De Lorenzi, chair of the Intellectual Property Department at Gibbons P.C., has been named among only 25 intellectual property attorneys nationwide by the BTI Consulting Group in its 2015 BTI Client Service All-Stars Report. The newly released report is the comprehensive result of interviews with more than 300 senior legal officers and other...

Rahul Patel, a partner at King & Spalding, was appointed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to the board of trustees of the University of Florida. Mr. Patel’s term runs through January 6, 2020. His appointment is subject to confirmation by the state senate.

Clifford Chance has announced the recruitment of partner Gianluca Bacchiocchi to its banking and finance practice in the Americas. One of the most respected legal advisers for project finance matters in Latin America, Bacchiocchi's arrival bolsters Clifford Chance's market-leading projects and infrastructure practice and enables the firm to...

King & Spalding has recruited John H. Barr, Jr., a commercial litigator who focuses on intellectual property, energy and business litigation, as a partner in its intellectual property practice in the Houston office. Mr. Barr joins King & Spalding from Bracewell & Giuliani, where he was a partner and co-head of the intellectual property...

Fish & Richardson has been named the #1 most active law firm at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for 2014. Fish represented clients in 154 proceedings – more than any other firm – and also ranked as the most active firm representing petitioners at the PTAB.